Tumbler-washer.



M. LEVIN.

TUMBLER WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED 11 11.22, 1910.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANDGRAP'II CO., WASHINGTON. n. c.

M. LEVIN.

TUMBLER WAS E APPLIOATION TILED .2z,1910.

1,002,714. Patented Sept. 5,1911.

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MAX LEVIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TUMBLER-WASI-IER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

Application filed. April 22, 1910. Serial No. 557,042.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MAX LEVIN, a resident of Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tumbler-Washers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to apparatus for washing tumblers and designs toprovide a washer of this type which will simultaneously wash the insideand outside of a. tumbler by liquid which is not under a comparativelyhigh pressure, so that an elevated tank which may be quickly and readilyinstalled, may be used to supply water to the washer and the necessityof installing permanent pipe-connections connected to the water-supplyof service may be avoided.

The invention designs to provide an improved washer which comprises anelevated tank from which the water is supplied under low pressure to adevice on which the glass will be held and by which the inside andoutside of the tumbler will be simultaneously washed.

The invention further designs to provide a washer of improvedconstruction, which is efficient in operation and may be readilyinstalled in places for use and at any point desired.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective of a washer embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is avertical section of the washernozzle and its connections. Fig. 4 is asection similar to Fig. 3, showing the parts in position assumed whenthe valve is opened. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 55 of Fig. 3.

The invention designs to provide a washer which will operate efficientlywith water from a portable or over-head tank so that it is not necessaryto change the plumbing of an establishment in order to provide a supplyof water to the washer.

A tank 10 is provided with a removable cover 11 and has a fiat back 12which is adapted to be sustained by hooks on a wall, a cross bar 13having notches 1A therein, being secured to the back of the tank, sothat it may be readily and conveniently mounted on hooks on a wall. Tothe bottom of the tank is connected a pipe 15 from which leads aflexible pipe 16 which is connected to a horizontal pipe 16 which isconnected to an upwardly extending pipe 17 by an elbow 18. A cock Ccontrols the flow of water from the tank. Pipe-section 17 is adapted toextend through a table or counter 18, and a ring 19 secured in the upperend of pipe-section 17 is adapted to connect said pipe-section to apipe-section 20, which is provided at its lower end with a collar 21having a screw-thread for engaging a screwthread in collar 19. A gasket22 is interposed between collars 21 and 19 to provide a water-tightconnection bet-ween pipe-sections 20 and 17. A pipe 23 is slidablymounted on the upper portion of pipe-section 20 and a glass-holder 24 issecured to the pipe 23. This holder comprises a. perforated bottom 25and a rim 26, and is adapted to receive an inverted tumbler, so that bydepressing the same, the holder and pipe 23 may be lowered to operate avalve for controlling the supply of water to the spraying-nozzle.

' The perforated bottom permits the water which has been sprayed againstthe inside of the glass to escape on to a collector, as hereinafter setforth. An enlarged or globular spray-nozzle 27 is secured to pipe 23 andextends over the top thereof, being provided with perforations 28extending upwardly and outwardly, so that substantially the entireinside of a tumbler, and particularly the bottom and sides will besprayed. The upper end of pipe 23 is extended into the globularspray-head, as at 29 and has its edges notched, as at 30, to direct someof the liquid entering the head laterally to these perforations, whichdirect the liquid laterally against the sides of the tumbler.

A valve 32 controls the supply of liquid to the spray-head and thisvalve is operated by the holder 24: and pipe 23, so that by depressionof the holder by a glass, the valve will be opened to cause the tumblerto and to raise the tumbler-holder 24 and the nozzle when a glass isremoved from the holder. Provisionis also made for washing the outsideof the glass, while the inside is being sprayed and for this purpose aseries of pipes 36 extend outwardly from collar 21 at the lower end ofthe fixed pipe-section 20 and have their outer ends curved upwardly andtheir terminals curved inwardly and upwardly, to direct the waterangularly and upwardly and inwardly against the glass on the holder whenthe latter is depressed. By

directing the water-jets in these directions, the water will be forcedto the top of the glass and cause substantially the entire side of theglass to be sprayed. The upper ends of pipes 36 are connected andsecured together by a ring 37. A thimble 38 is secured in pipe-section20 has a flange at its upper end and has a wall which is disposedinwardly of the wall of pipe 20 adjacent the point where the pipes 36communicate with the interior of said pipe, so that this thimble willserve as a divider for the water, whereby some of it will be directed tothe pipes 36 and the remainder will be directed upwardly through pipe 20to the spray-head for the inside of the glass.

From the mechanism thus described, it will be seen that when a glass isplaced on the holder 24 and depressed, pipe 23, head 27 and valve-stem34 will be depressed, valve 32 will be opened, causing the water in pipe17 to pass through valve-seat 31 and part of it around thimble 38,through pipes 36, the upper ends of which will direct the waterangularly, upwardly and inwardly against the sides of the glass;The'rest of the water will pass through the centerof thimble 38, andpipe 20 into the spray-head 27 and the water will issue in dividedcurrents or jets from said spray-head. Thus, the inside and outside ofthe glass will be simultaneously washed. On the table or counter 18 andaround the inlet 17, a tray 40 is mounted in which the water from thewasher will be collected, being disposed belowit. A perforated plate 41is held in tray 40 and a dischargepipe42 conducts water from the tra toa pail or suitable" receptacle placed beneath it to receive thewaterfrom the tray. A conoidal deflector 43 is 'secured'to inlet-pipe 17and extends outwardly and downwardly from its 7 upper end to theperforated plate 41 and directs the water-passing downwardly Irom thecentral portion of the holder 24 'outwardly, so that it will not leakthrough the central opening in the tray, through which pipe-section 17passes. The bottom 44 of tray 40 is preferably convex to direct thewater therein outwardly to the discharge pipe 42. If desired, the tablemay be omitted.

As a result of the construction set forth, water which is under pressurefrom an overhead tank will be forced through the spraynozzle and pipesto wash the inside and outside of the glass,

The apparatus may be readily installed without the necessity ofconnecting the washer to the service pipe for water, becausea lowpressure is sufiicient to cause water to efliciently rinse and wash theglass. The invention is not to be understood as restricted to thedetails shown and described, since these may be modified within thescope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination of an upwardly extending water-pipe, a valve in saidpipe, a sprayhead at the upper end of said pipe, a series of jet-pipesfor the outside of the glass communicating with said pipe above thevalve, a divider-sleeve in said pipe for directing some of the waterinto the spraypipes, and a tumbler-holder connected to said valve andhead.

2. The combination of an upwardly extending water-pipe, a valve in saidpipe, a sleeve slidably mounted on the upper end of said pipe, aspray-head connected to said sleeve, said sleeve extending into the headand having notches therein for dividing the water, and a holder securedto said sleeve and operatively connected to said valve.

3. The combination of an upwardly extending water-pipe, a tray aroundsaid pipe, a deflector above the tray and around said pipe for directingthe water outwardly from the pipe, said pipe extending through the tray,a spray-head connected to said pipe, and a valve for controlling theflow of water to the spray-head.

4. The combination of an upwardly extending water-pipe, a tray aroundsaid pipe, a deflector above the tray and around said pipe for directingthe water outwardly from the pipe, said pipe extending through the tray,a spray-head connected to said pipe, a glass holder connected to thesprayhead, and a valve operatively connected to said head and holder.

5. The combination of an upwardly extending pipe-section, an upperpipe-section connected to said section, a valve-seat at the lower end ofsaid upper pipe-section,

a spray-head sliclaloly mounted on said pipeabove the valve and in saidupper pipesection, a valve engagillg sfaicl seat, a valvei section.

stem extenc ing upwar y mm 1318 seat anc r secured to the spray-head, aspring for holcl- MAX LEVIN ing said valve normally closed, a series ofWitnesses:

spray-pipes for the outside of a glass fixed HILDUR C. PETERSEN,

t0 saicl pipe-section, and a divider-sleeve FRANK W. BEMIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

